PLATE XII.

(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)

Fig. 15. Nunivak type. The characteristic marks are the absence

of any cavity for the index finger, the nicely-fitting handle, the

disposition of the finger-pegs, and the delicate point on the ivory spur

at the bottom of the shaft groove. Collected by W.H. Dall, at Nunivak

Island, in 1874. Museum number, 16239. (This specimen is left-handed.)

[Illustration: Fig. 15. Nunivak Island throwing-stick, front

and back, left-handed.]

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